Saturday, November 16, 2013

The Subject of Faith # 7

Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

:2 For by it the elders obtained a
good testimony.

:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell
down after they were encircled for seven days.

:31 By faith the harlot Rahab did not
perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the
spies with peace.

:32 And what more shall I say? For the
time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and
Jephtah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets.

It is our responsibility to walk by
faith, believe God, and act upon what we see in the Word.

As you exercise your faith it will
grow.

James 1:22 But be doers of the word,
and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Rom 10:17 So then faith comes by
hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

If you don't have faith, are you not
hearing the word of God, or are you rejecting the word of God?

2 Cor 13:5 Examine yourselves as to
whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know
yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? - unless indeed you are
disqualified.

Two major hindrances to faith are your
tongue, and wavering.

Heb 11:26 esteeming the reproach of
Christ greater than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the
reward.

Moses esteemed the reproach of Christ
and Christ hadn't come to earth yet.

Heb 1:1 God, who at various times and
in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets.

Jesus always was!

When 3 Hebrew children were in the
furnace the man said he saw one as the Son of God. Jesus hadn't come
to earth yet.

Josh 6:20 So the people shouted when
the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard
the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout,
that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city,
every man straight before him, and they took the city.

They got the victory because they had
faith and obeyed God.

With faith in God ALL things are
possible.

Josh 2:15 Then she let them down by a
rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall; she
dwelt on the wall.

Heb 11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab did
not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the
spies with peace.

Josh 6:23 And the young men who had
been spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her
brothers, and all that she had. So they brought out all her relatives
and left them outside the camp of Israel.

James 2:25 Likewise, was not Rahab the
harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and
sent them out another way?

Judges 7 – Gideon – fear is not
believing what God said.

Judges 4:9 So she said, “ I will
surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in
the journey you are taking, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the
hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.

:21 Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a
tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and
drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; for
he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

Judges 5:24 “Most blessed among women
is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed is she among women in
tents.

Samson was very strong, he sinned,
repented and called upon God.

Judges 16:26 Then Samson said
to the lad who held him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars which
support the temple, so that I can lean on them,”

:27 Now the temple was full of men and
women. All the lords of the Philistines were there- about three
hundred men and women on the roof watching while Samson performed.

:28 Then Samson called to the Lord,
saying,” O Lord God, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray,
just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the
Philistines for my two eyes!”

:29 And Samson took hold of the two
middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself
against them, one on his right and the other on his left.

:30 Then Samson said, “Let me die
with the Philistines!” And he pushed with all his might, and the
temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the
dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his
life.

By faith God gave him one more chance.

Judges 11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite
was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead
begot Jephtah.

He defeated the armies of Ammon. His
daughter was the one who came out to meet him after he vowed to
sacrifice anything that came out of his house first.

We need to take seriously any vow we
make to the Lord.

2 Sam 7:11 since the time that I
commanded judges to be over My people Israel, and have caused you to
rest from all your enemies. Also the Lord tells you that He will make
you a house.

:12 “When your days are fulfilled and
you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed

after you, who will come from your
body, and I will establish his kingdom.

:13 He shall build a house for My name,
and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

:14 I will be his Father, and he shall
be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of
men and with the blows of the sons of men.

I am a 60ish stay at home wife. Born and raised in south Louisiana, in the heart of true cajun country.
I knit, quilt, and love taking care of my family which includes grandchildren.
We have 4 children, We have 5 grandchildren also. We do enjoy them so much.
Of course since we live along the gulf coast we love to fish!
I also have a deep love for Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.